Example sentences of "[prep] the motions " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , there is the resulting force field , the various terms of which can be taken as force constants for the motions used initially to define the problem . |
| 2 | So we go through the motions of feeding ourselves . |
| 3 | He belongs to a paper society which goes through the motions of life , in the air , notionally . |
| 4 | In the novel he stays polarized , but without bulk and in a tragic sense without force ; he goes through the motions ( ‘ the habits of a decent man ’ and so forth ) while his great-sinner infamies are unloaded upon a past which he can not even renounce . |
| 5 | Lendl , still trying to push the disappointment of his United States Open defeat by Boris Becker to the back of his mind and impatient for another crack at the elusive Wimbledon title , appeared to be going through the motions during his round-robin match at the Stuttgart Classic . |
| 6 | He managed only 1.91 metres ( his best is 2.14 ) , went through the motions in the final event of the first day , and quit . |
| 7 | The person who sits on the dais in Ottawa or Canberra and goes through the motions of opening a Parliament is not and can not be the same being at all as the person who does these things and has done them from time immemorial at Westminster . |
| 8 | I think they were just going through the motions of what had worked before . |
| 9 | Hooligans go through the motions of violence but relatively little damage is done either to property or to the person . |
| 10 | No drive , no ambition ; the team was just turning up to go through the motions ; and behind the scenes , lots of devious insider stuff . ’ |
| 11 | The person who is justified , the church which believes this , Christians who believe in a God who changes lives , can not just simply go through the motions . |
| 12 | They were going through the motions on television but their voices , face and body language were vividly clear — they knew they would lose and they were putting on a brave front . |
| 13 | Players just go through the motions and their lack of pleasure is conveyed to the crowds . |
| 14 | But in this particular lesson the decision structure is something of a mirage , for as we have already pointed out at this stage the situation is not real enough for these children to be making anything but a superficial gesture — going through the motions of making a decision . |
| 15 | For the first time she was really listening , not going through the motions of an argument . |
| 16 | But the picking up strikes a chord and going through the motions always works . |
| 17 | ‘ To me , ’ Once More ‘ sounds like a rock band going through the motions . ’ |
| 18 | We go to work , eat , sleep , get married , have children , get divorced , always just going through the motions without being involved , without sparkle , without real enjoyment or genuine pain . |
| 19 | We just give up and go through the motions and we let our negativity harden inside us . |
| 20 | pic in mind As you go through the motions Of |
| 21 | It can be programmed by machine code , by taking it through the motions , or by keyboard . |
| 22 | In the litter tray they do the same thing , but if it has been used several times without being properly cleaned out this becomes impossible and the cat will then prefer to defecate elsewhere , even if it has to go through the motions of covering its dung with imaginary earth after it has deposited it on a wooden floor or a carpet . |
| 23 | While on his own home ground he knows how to do things , or how to get them done , beyond the boundaries of his home ground he knows , at best , only that he should comply with the rules without necessarily understanding why or precisely what all of the relevant rules are : he may simply go through the motions . |
| 24 | Still others go through the motions but without any real desire to improve the relationship . |
| 25 | He did n't advise but just stood there , nodding his head vaguely and smiling to himself while his hands — almost involuntarily — went through the motions of twisting the spindle he 'd brought with him and winding on the wool . |
| 26 | Sometimes two females will ‘ pair ’ , and go through the motions together . |
| 27 | After the performance the Garden Of Eden manager runs through the motions . |
| 28 | But even they seemed to be going through the motions , quite without conviction . |
| 29 | He went on going through the motions of being a poet until the very end , and inevitably , because he kept in practice , hit upon some successes — ‘ gleams like the flashing of a shield ’ occur in unexpected places . |
| 30 | ‘ But if I 'm not enjoying it I wo n't make the mistake of going through the motions like I did this year . ’ |